In this post you`ll see how to add Hyper-V virtualization role to your Windows server 2008 Core server. For that open command line and type:
start /w ocsetup Microsoft-HYPER-V
To check available roles use Oclist command .
If you want to have great tool for synchronizing files and folders over few locations for free grab “Allway Sync” tool from here .
It will work on Windows server 2003/2008 and Windows XP/Vista machines. I never tried but website states that it works on Windows 98/ME/2000 too.
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To enable remote administration on Windows server 2008 Core firewall open command line and type:
netsh firewall set service type=remoteadmin mode=enable
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This post will show you how to use command line in Windows server 2008 Core and set your server DNS suffix by operating on registry.
To set your DNS suffix to mydomain.com open command line and type:
reg add HKLM\System\currentcontrolset\services\tcpip\parameters /v “NV Domain” /d “mydomain.com” /f
In this post you`ll see quick way how to rename Windows server 2008 Core via command line. Basic syntax for renaming is :
netdom renamecomputer <currentname> /newname:<newname> /force /reboot
For example if current name of your server is WIN-7781GFN and you want to ename it to FS open command line and type:
netdom renamecomputer WIN-7781GFN /newname:FS /force /reboot